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- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Within the bounds of the law and normal procedure, he has plenipotentiary status where he can engage in deploying resources to best meet the demand. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Whose decision was it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: To reopen Stepaside?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: So you recommended it. We are talking about priorities here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: We understand. In effect, the criteria were flawed. Assistant Commissioner Leahy said that may well be the case. I ask him to go a bit further. Were the criteria flawed, in terms of the demands and priorities of An Garda Síochána and the resources?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: It is great to have so many managers over my questioning.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I hope the clock has stopped.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: To repeat, Mr. Leahy's priority would not be Stepaside as of this day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: On that basis, and on the basis the Commissioner's predecessor could have ignored the criteria but chose not to, will the Commissioner not at this stage revisit it, lift the phone to the Secretary General of the Department and say they need to look at this again, state he has listened to his assistant commissioner, who has priorities, and that he wants to meet those priorities? As I asked...
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Is there anything to stop the Commissioner saying he thinks this needs to be adjusted, despite the fact it has taken time, because it may be the case, to display the level of agility needed as a modern police force, that this needs to be adjusted, and that he will ask the Secretary General to speak to the Minister and ask him to have another look at this, and that perhaps Stepaside is not the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Is the answer to the question "No"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Could you, if you wanted to, do what I just outlined? It is a "Yes" or "No" answer. Could the Commissioner do so if he wanted to?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: No. Could you, if you wanted to, contact Mr. Waters to in turn contact the Minister to state you would like to have another look at this because you are not happy with the criteria your predecessor chose to follow, and that Mr. Leahy, as assistant commissioner, has said he has different priorities?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: We have established then that the Commissioner can if he chooses to. Is that fair to say?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I apologise, will the Commissioner repeat that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: On the basis of what we are hearing today from the Commissioner's colleagues, before he opens Stepaside he should do just that, regarding the criteria set by another party that he or his predecessor could have questioned, changed or ignored, and go back and say he needs criteria that adequately address the needs and priorities of Assistant Commissioner Leahy, the man on the front line.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Will the Policing Authority have to look at this before it proceeds?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Will it not review it again? Is it all a done deal?
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: We have heard clear evidence today about that not equalling priorities. It may have equalled the criteria, but it does not equal the priorities, as we have clearly established from Assistant Commissioner Leahy. It is not a box ticking exercise. It is about delivering for the people.
- Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I am now on 11 minutes, notwithstanding the interruptions of yourself and Deputy Cullinane. As others received 17 minutes we are counting down. Tell me when I have three minutes left, if you would not mind. Does Assistant Commissioner Leahy agree with my questioning? Does he not feel that at this stage, if Garda management is in a position to say it has implemented nothing yet and if it...